Podcast

The Russian security giant faces scrutiny worldwide. Is there fire beneath the smoke?

Exploring the dark relationship between intelligence services and academia.

Are the moral consequences of Europe’s increasingly hardline policy on African immigration outweighed by the political imperatives?

Is Trump’s undermining of Tillerson another step in his “madman” theory of diplomacy?

European aid intended to combat African migration may just be making the problem worse.

Suketu Mehta and Becca Heller talk President Trump, the real economy of immigration, and getting trolled by Ann Coulter.

Saudi women will get the right to drive … in 2018. Maybe.

Merkel went silent as the AfD went viral.

The massive Zapad 2017 military exercise proves once again that Putin never does anything small. But what’s he really after here?

Do legal defense funds accept rubles?

The president delivers his first U.N. address Tuesday. Which version of Trump will show up—the bully or the dealmaker?

What reporting from Afghanistan’s unruliest province signals about the future of the country, the influence of Iran and Pakistan, and whether Trump’s mini-surge will make a difference in the longest war.

Was the purchase of targeted social media ads by Russian “troll farms” during the 2016 election a criminal act?

Unwavering U.S. support for Saudi Arabia comes at a terrible price for Yemen.

The Secretary of State fiddles in Texas as the world may, quite literally, burn.

What did Rod Rosenstein know and when did he know it?

Is the Trump administration trying to blow up the Iran deal — or just playing hardball?

Can you still be fired if you resign?

Eight months in, the continent has barely been mentioned.

America’s longest war stumbles into its next phase.